Globalization, Education and Childhood
This course examines contemporary global shifts and transformations in how schools and other educational settings are set up and operate. In tandem with this the course examines the experience of childhood and notions of what it means to be a child both in terms of how this varies culturally, socioeconomically, and regionally, as well as how these experiences and conceptualizations are presently being transformed.
Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of how global and local issues are interwoven with regard to education; Students will be able to articulate a nuanced understanding (as regards schooling and education) of the ways that social justice concerns are being both advanced and hindered in our contemporary globalized world.
Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of how global and local issues are interwoven with regard to education; Students will be able to articulate a nuanced understanding (as regards schooling and education) of the ways that social justice concerns are being both advanced and hindered in our contemporary globalized world.